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In November 18, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” Brings The Most Compelling and Moving Conclusion of the Franchise

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

The blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise has taken
audiences by storm around the world, grossing more than $2.3 billion at the
global box office. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” now brings the
franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer
Lawrence) realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for
the future.

With
the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow (Donald
Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends –
including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh
Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as
they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an
assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed
with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await
Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.

“The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” picks
up with Katniss back in the bunkers of District 13, still unable to emotionally
reach a brainwashed Peeta as she watches the nation of Panem sliding into
full-scale apocalyptic war. Though Katniss has warily accepted her role as the
Mockingjay symbol of the rebellion, she can see that it is going take more than
symbolism to turn the tide against the Capitol. Truly on fire now, she resolves
to take action. Joining with Gale, an unpredictable Peeta, Finnick and the
so-called “Squad 451,” she sets out for the once-glittering Capitol –
transformed into a city of mayhem under attack by both rebels and peacekeepers
– with a covert mission to assassinate President Snow. Snow still believes he’s
playing an obsessive game to outwit and destroy Katniss, but Katniss is no
longer anyone’s pawn, and to her, this is no contest. It is a battle for everything
she has come to believe in and the people she loves. It is a battle for the
final hope of a life of peace.

“The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” builds on the momentum of each previous
chapter in the blockbuster series to reach a fever pitch of both emotion and
action, bringing Katniss full circle from the dismayed girl caught in a
dystopian nightmare to leading the charge to remake her nation.

Now,
in the final chapter of The Hunger Games, with all the Districts united against
the Capitol for the first time, tomorrow itself is on the line. For Katniss to
truly be herself, she realizes she must now fully take on the indomitable
Mockingjay spirit in a last stand to set things right. Says director Francis Lawrence: “In this
film, Katniss takes the action back into her own hands and goes after Snow
personally. The movie really opens up as we go deep into the streets of the
Capitol, coming full circle from Katniss’s journey there in the first film.
There’s more action, more scope, more emotion and most of all, this film brings
the story to its moving conclusion.”

Join
the revolution this November 18 when The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”
invades cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films.